Ep. 051 | Plantar Heel Pain | Henrik RIel

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hi and welcome to Physiotutors podcast episode 51 with Henrik Riel.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henrik is a physiotherapist from Denmark and has obtained his PhD in the management of plantar heel pain. He is doing a post-doc fellowship at the university of Aalborg and he is an assistant professor at the physio department of the university of northern Denmark.</span></p> <p>In this episode we will talk about plantar heel pain etiology, the risk factors associated with it, Henrik's approach to examination, imaging, and treatment. We will answer the question if there are prognostic factors for the condition, what mode of strength training is recommended and discuss the efficacy of adjunct treatment modalities for plantar fasciopathy. So make sure to listen to the entire episode.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Content</strong></p> <p>00:00 <strong>Intro</strong><br /> 00:45 <strong>Plantar fasciitis, Plantar Fasciotpathy or Plantar heel pain?</strong><br /> 02:41 <strong>Is it a tendinopathy?</strong><br /> 03:33 <strong>The typical patient</strong><br /> 04:40 <strong>Risk factors</strong><br /> 07:13 <strong>Signs & Symptoms</strong><br /> 09:05 <strong>Differential Diagnoses</strong><br /> 10:10 <strong>Examination/Imaging & Testing</strong><br /> 13:00 <strong>What about Heel spurs?</strong><br /> 14:10 <strong>Prognosis</strong><br /> 19:28 <strong>Isometrics for Plantar Heel Pain</strong><br /> 22:04 <strong>Treatment Options</strong><br /> 26:35 <strong>Load Management</strong><br /> 28:15 <strong>Plyometrics/SSC Exercises</strong><br /> 30:54 <strong>Henrik's Closing Thoughts</strong><br /> 32:00 <strong>Outro</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Bonus Material</strong></p> <p>To view and download the bonus content such as transcripts of this episode become a Physiotutors Member.</p> <p><a href="https://www.physiotutors.com/podcasts">All episodes and bonus content can be found here</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Follow our Podcast on:</p> <p><a href= "https://open.spotify.com/sh